HB 386 appropriates $500,000 from the general fund to the New Mexico Office of the State Auditor for a study on governmental accounting classification and compensation structures. The study will examine current systems used by state agencies for classifying accounting roles and setting compensation within the governmental accounting sector. This funding is allocated for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, with any unused funds reverting to the general fund by the end of 2028. The bill directly affects the Office of the State Auditor, which will conduct the study, but does not enact new policy or change existing laws.
HB 442, titled "Mobile Home Rent Stabilization," would limit rent increases for residents in New Mexico mobile home parks. Starting July 1, 2025, landlords could raise rents only once per year, with a maximum 3% increase for the first year (2025-2026) and 5% annually thereafter. The bill also revises penalties for landlords violating the Mobile Home Park Act, making them liable for twice the monthly rent per violation instead of a flat $500 penalty. This bill was amended and postponed indefinitely on June 3, 2025, and has not become law.
SB 171 requires New Mexico county clerks to redact specific personal information from public records before third parties can purchase, copy, or digitize them. It mandates redacting the month and day of birth, all but the last four digits of social security numbers, and all but the last four digits of driver's license numbers. The bill also restricts third-party access to veterans' discharge papers (limiting viewing to specific individuals like veterans or next of kin) and prohibits copying or digitizing death certificates for 50 years after the date of death. These changes directly affect county clerks, third-party vendors, and individuals whose personal data appears in public records.
HB 29 expands liability protection for landowners who allow free recreational use of their land (like hunting or fishing) to include special districts organized under New Mexico law. The bill amends Section 17-4-7 to explicitly state that special districts controlling lands for recreation - without charging users (except for state/federal payments) - are shielded from liability for injuries, just like private landowners. This means local government entities managing public lands for recreation face the same limited liability as private property owners. The change applies to activities including hiking, camping, fishing, and cave exploration, but does not affect liability if landowners charge for access.
SJR 8 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would add Section 25 to New Mexico's state constitution, establishing specific rights for children. It would guarantee children the rights to healthcare (medical, dental, behavioral), nutritious food, safe housing with utilities, transportation to services, home visitation programs, early childhood education, fully resourced community schools with health centers, youth mentorship, and job readiness skills. The amendment requires the legislature to later pass implementing laws before these rights take effect. Currently, the resolution was referred to committees but was postponed indefinitely on June 3, 2025, and remains pending.
SB 238 appropriates $1.45 million from the general fund for a digital platform providing behavioral health support to New Mexico public school students. The platform must offer online educational resources, pre-moderated peer support, and private sessions with licensed professionals. It requires the selected provider to have prior experience serving public school students in other states. Unspent funds at the end of fiscal year 2026 will return to the general fund.
HB 76 would require hospitals to offer additional heart defect tests - echocardiograms and electrocardiograms - for newborns at higher risk of congenital heart disease, specifically those with a family history of heart issues or parents reporting certain symptoms (like unexplained fainting during exercise or sudden chest pain). It directly affects newborns with these risk factors and the hospitals providing their care. The bill expands existing newborn screening by adding these tests to the required protocols when specific family history criteria are met, without changing the current pulse oximetry requirement for all infants. The policy change focuses on early detection for higher-risk cases, using plain language to define the trigger conditions.
This bill appropriates $250,000 annually from New Mexico's general fund to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission for its activities, with unspent funds carried forward to future fiscal years instead of reverting to the general fund. It directly affects the commission's budget operations by providing dedicated, ongoing funding for its work. The bill is procedural, establishing a funding mechanism rather than creating new policy or regulations. It does not specify particular activities the commission must undertake, only authorizing the allocation.
SB 12 allows out-of-state health care providers without a New Mexico telehealth license to offer second opinions and treatment consultations to New Mexico patients. It specifically permits these services for patients who would travel to the provider's state for treatment, without requiring the provider to obtain a New Mexico license. The bill expands the list of eligible health care professionals who can provide telehealth services, adding roles like nutritionists, psychologists, and community health representatives. This change directly affects New Mexico patients seeking specialized care and out-of-state providers looking to serve them remotely.
Based solely on the provided context, a summary of SB 529 cannot be generated. The bill text only includes the title "PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE" and committee action dates (postponed indefinitely on June 3, 2025), with no substantive provisions or policy details described. No specific mechanisms, affected parties, or concrete changes are mentioned in the available text. Since the bill was not printed and was postponed indefinitely without further action, there are no enacted provisions to summarize.
HB 408 requires New Mexico's Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to conduct a study every five years, starting in 2026, to examine the costs and reimbursement rates for community-based foster care placements and treatment services. The study must cover specific expenses like safety resources, food, clothing, shelter, and daily needs for foster parents and other caregivers (referred to as "resource families" in the bill). CYFD must submit the initial study to the legislative finance committee by December 1, 2025, and $100,000 is allocated from the general fund for this purpose in fiscal year 2026. This bill mandates a regular review of foster care funding without changing current policies or reimbursement rates.
HB 396 amends New Mexico law to regulate how counties impose and use a special tax to fund spaceport development. It requires that any county spaceport gross receipts tax (capped at 0.5% of business revenue) must be approved by voters through a separate election and can only be collected until related bonds are fully paid. The bill mandates that at least 75% of all tax revenue must be dedicated solely to paying the principal and interest on these bonds, with no more than 25% available for other spaceport projects approved by the county. This directly affects counties seeking to form regional spaceport districts and their governing bodies, which must now follow strict revenue allocation rules under amended sections 5-16-5, 5-16-7, and 7-20E-25 NMSA 1978.
